Beam quality measurement method and devices

Abstract

A beam quality measurement method and devices are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, reference signals forwarded by wireless auxiliary device. The reference signals are transmitted by a network device and are separately forwarded by the wireless auxiliary device at different moments by using a plurality of beams. The method further includes performing joint processing on reference signals of a same beam of the network device and of a same beam of the wireless auxiliary device to obtain a processing result. The joint processing includes layer 1 filtering or layer 3 filtering.

1 . A beam quality measurement method, comprising:
 receiving, by a terminal, reference signals forwarded by a wireless auxiliary device, wherein the reference signals are transmitted by a network device and are separately forwarded by the wireless auxiliary device at different moments by using a plurality of beams; and   performing joint processing on reference signals of a same beam of the network device and of a same beam of the wireless auxiliary device to obtain a processing result, wherein the joint processing comprises layer 1 filtering or layer 3 filtering.   
     
     
         2 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 1 , further comprising: receiving configuration information of the reference signal, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
 an identifier or a port number of the reference signal;   a time-frequency resource parameter of the reference signal;   a time configuration parameter used to perform reference signal measurement behavior, wherein the time configuration parameter comprises:
 a start time and an end time of a time window of measurement behavior, or a time length of a time window of measurement behavior, 
 a measurement period, and 
 a minimum time interval of measurement behavior on two adjacent reference signals; or 
   a joint processing criterion of the reference signal, wherein the joint processing criterion comprises a measurement result processing method based on layer 1 filtering and a measurement result processing method based on layer 3 filtering.   
     
     
         3 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 2 , wherein the joint processing comprises layer 1 filtering, and the configuration information further comprises at least one of the following:
 a quantity of beams of the wireless auxiliary device;   an execution time length and an execution period of a beam of the wireless auxiliary device, wherein the execution period is less than a time length of a time window of measurement behavior;   a quantity of to-be-measured beams of the wireless auxiliary device and a beam execution time of the to-be-measured beam; or   a beam filtering rule of the wireless auxiliary device, wherein the beam filtering rule comprises: selecting Y strongest beams from a plurality of measured beams for layer 1 filtering or selecting Y best measurement results after layer 1 filtering and reporting the Y best measurement results to an upper layer, wherein Y is a positive integer.   
     
     
         4 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 3 , wherein the performing joint processing on reference signals of a same beam of the network device and of a same beam of the wireless auxiliary device to obtain a processing result comprises:
 inputting measurement results of the reference signals of the same beam of the network device and the reference signals of the same beam of the wireless auxiliary device into a layer 1 filter according to the configuration information to obtain the processing result.   
     
     
         5 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 determining, by the terminal, a quantity N of times of parallel layer 1 filtering corresponding to the reference signal according to the quantity of beams of the wireless auxiliary device or the quantity of to-be-measured beams of the wireless auxiliary device.   
     
     
         6 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 selecting, by the terminal, Y results from N parallel layer 1 filtering results according to the beam filtering rule and reporting the Y results to the upper layer.   
     
     
         7 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 measuring, by a physical layer of the terminal, correlation between reference signals of different beams of the wireless auxiliary device, and performing at least one of the following:   reporting a correlation measurement result to the upper layer; or   selecting, according to the correlation measurement result, whether to combine measurement results of the reference signals of the different beams of the wireless auxiliary device and reporting a combined result to the upper layer.   
     
     
         8 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 2 , wherein the joint processing comprises layer 3 filtering, and the configuration information further comprises at least one of the following:
 a quantity of beams of the wireless auxiliary device;   an execution time length and an execution period of a beam of the wireless auxiliary device, wherein the execution period is greater than a time length of a time window of measurement behavior; or   a quantity of to-be-measured beams of the wireless auxiliary device and a beam execution time of the to-be-measured beam.   
     
     
         9 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 determining, by the terminal, a quantity N of times of parallel layer 3 filtering corresponding to the reference signal according to the quantity of beams of the wireless auxiliary device or the quantity of to-be-measured beams of the wireless auxiliary device.   
     
     
         10 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 8 , wherein the reference signal meets at least one of the following:
 reference signals in one time window are forwarded by the same beam of the wireless auxiliary device; or   beams of the wireless auxiliary device that are corresponding to different configured time windows are different.   
     
     
         11 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 8 , wherein the performing joint processing on reference signals of a same beam of the network device and of a same beam of the wireless auxiliary device to obtain a processing result comprises:
 inputting an output result of a layer 1 filter into a corresponding layer 3 filter according to the configuration information to obtain the processing result.   
     
     
         12 . The beam quality measurement method according to  claim 1 , wherein the processing result comprises beam information of a plurality of beams of the wireless auxiliary device, and the method further comprises:
 reporting the beam information, wherein the beam information comprises identifiers of a plurality of strongest beams.   
     
     
         13 . A terminal, comprising a processor; a memory having a computer program or an instruction stored thereon, wherein the program or the instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to implement a beam quality measurement method, comprising:
 receiving reference signals forwarded by a wireless auxiliary device, wherein the reference signals are transmitted by a network device and are separately forwarded by the wireless auxiliary device at different moments by using a plurality of beams; and   performing joint processing on reference signals of a same beam of the network device and of a same beam of the wireless auxiliary device to obtain a processing result, wherein the joint processing comprises layer 1 filtering or layer 3 filtering.   
     
     
         14 . The terminal according to  claim 13 , further comprising: receiving configuration information of the reference signal, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
 an identifier or a port number of the reference signal;   a time-frequency resource parameter of the reference signal;   a time configuration parameter used to perform reference signal measurement behavior, wherein the time configuration parameter comprises:
 a start time and an end time of a time window of measurement behavior, or a time length of a time window of measurement behavior, 
 a measurement period, and 
 a minimum time interval of measurement behavior on two adjacent reference signals; or 
   a joint processing criterion of the reference signal, wherein the joint processing criterion comprises a measurement result processing method based on layer 1 filtering and a measurement result processing method based on layer 3 filtering.   
     
     
         15 . The terminal according to  claim 14 , wherein the joint processing comprises layer 1 filtering, and the configuration information further comprises at least one of the following:
 a quantity of beams of the wireless auxiliary device;   an execution time length and an execution period of a beam of the wireless auxiliary device, wherein the execution period is less than a time length of a time window of measurement behavior;   a quantity of to-be-measured beams of the wireless auxiliary device and a beam execution time of the to-be-measured beam; or   a beam filtering rule of the wireless auxiliary device, wherein the beam filtering rule comprises: selecting Y strongest beams from a plurality of measured beams for layer 1 filtering or selecting Y best measurement results after layer 1 filtering and reporting the Y best measurement results to an upper layer, wherein Y is a positive integer.   
     
     
         16 . The terminal according to  claim 15 , wherein the performing joint processing on reference signals of a same beam of the network device and of a same beam of the wireless auxiliary device to obtain a processing result comprises:
 inputting measurement results of the reference signals of the same beam of the network device and the reference signals of the same beam of the wireless auxiliary device into a layer 1 filter according to the configuration information to obtain the processing result.   
     
     
         17 . The terminal according to  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
 determining a quantity N of times of parallel layer 1 filtering corresponding to the reference signal according to the quantity of beams of the wireless auxiliary device or the quantity of to-be-measured beams of the wireless auxiliary device.   
     
     
         18 . The terminal according to  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
 selecting Y results from N parallel layer 1 filtering results according to the beam filtering rule and reporting the Y results to the upper layer.   
     
     
         19 . The terminal according to  claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
 measuring, by a physical layer of the terminal, correlation between reference signals of different beams of the wireless auxiliary device, and performing at least one of the following:   reporting a correlation measurement result to the upper layer; or   selecting, according to the correlation measurement result, whether to combine measurement results of the reference signals of the different beams of the wireless auxiliary device and reporting a combined result to the upper layer.   
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program or an instruction that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement a beam quality measurement method, comprising:
 receiving reference signals forwarded by a wireless auxiliary device, wherein the reference signals are transmitted by a network device and are separately forwarded by the wireless auxiliary device at different moments by using a plurality of beams; and   performing joint processing on reference signals of a same beam of the network device and of a same beam of the wireless auxiliary device to obtain a processing result, wherein the joint processing comprises layer 1 filtering or layer 3 filtering.